Copies of correspondence concerning the conduct of Dr William Henry Colvill, the Residency Surgeon, during the expedition to Riadh [Riyadh] and after

Content

Political Department Reports regarding Pelly's concerns over the conduct of Assistant Surgeon Dr William Henry Colvill.

Colvill is accused of having assumed unauthorised responsibility for Pelly's duties during his absence in England and for giving secret and personal information to the Royal Geographical Society regarding Pelly's trip to Riyadh.

Extent and format

1 file, 5 items (26 folios)

It is grouped into

Copy of letter No.57 of 1865 from Pelly to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay

10 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/62, ff 1-5

Letter No.58 of 1865 from Pelly to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay

26 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/62, ff 6-18

Letter No.100 of 1865 from Pelly to Dr William Henry Colvill, the Residency Surgeon in Bushire

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/62, ff 19-20

Letter No.110 of 1865 from Pelly to Dr William Henry Colvill, Residency Surgeon at Bushire

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/62, ff 21-22

Correspondence between Pelly and Dr William Henry Colvill

8 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/62, ff 23-26

Arrangement

The reports have been arranged within the file in numerical order.

Physical characteristics

FoliationThe contents of this file have been foliated in the front top right corner of each folio with a pencil number enclosed in a circle.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Mss Eur F126/62

History of this record

Date(s)

Feb-Dec 1865 (CE, Gregorian)

Related material

Places

East AfricaArabian PeninsulaCentral AsiaBaroda StateIranKalat StateMysore StatePersian GulfRajputanaRiyadhRussiaSindUdaipur StateZanzibarGohadMuscat

People & organisations

Bombay ArmySir Lewis Pelly, KnightMalhar Rao Gaekwad, Maharaja Gaekwad of BarodaWilliam Henry ColvillClement Joseph Philip Pen De BodeSir Henry Bartle Edward FrereSir Frederic John Goldsmid, KnightSir William Henry Rodes Green, KnightEdward Brodie HoareJohn JacobSir Robert Phayre, KnightSir Dinkar Rao, KnightHenry WillockSir Owen Tudor Burne, KnightThomas George Baring, 1st Earl of NorthbrookSir William Lockyer Merewether, KnightWilliam Gifford PalgraveSir Charles Umpherston Aitchison, KnightArthur William RobertsSir Edward Charles Ross, KnightÁrmin VámbéryCharles Kenneth Mackenzie Walter

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